CoinLedger imports Bitstamp data for easy tax reporting. Create the appropriate tax forms to submit to your tax authority.
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Bitstamp Tax Reporting
You can generate your gains, losses, and income tax reports from your Bitstamp investing activity by connecting your account with CoinLedger. Connect your account by importing your data through the method discussed below.
Bitstamp exports a complete Transaction History file to all users. Simply navigate to your Bitstamp account and download your transaction history from the platform.
Import your transaction history directly into CoinLedger. Import the file as is. No manual work is required!
CoinLedger automatically generates your gains, losses, and income tax reports based on this data.
File these crypto tax forms yourself, send them to your tax professional, or import them into your preferred tax filing software like TurboTax or TaxAct.
Bitstamp Tax Reporting
You can generate your gains, losses, and income tax reports from your Bitstamp investing activity by connecting your account with CoinLedger. Connect your account by importing your data through the method discussed below.
Bitstamp supports importing data via read-only API. This allows automatic import capability so no manual work is required.
Connect CoinLedger to your Bitstamp account with the read-only API.
Let CoinLedger import your data and automatically generate your gains, losses, and income tax reports.
File these crypto tax forms yourself, send them to your tax professional, or import them into your preferred tax filing software like TurboTax or TaxAct.
Bitstamp Tax Reporting
You can generate your gains, losses, and income tax reports from your Bitstamp investing activity by connecting your account with CoinLedger. There are a couple different ways to connect your account and import your data:
Automatically sync your Bitstamp account with CoinLedger via read-only API. This allows your transactions to be imported with the click of a button.
Upload your Bitstamp Transaction History CSV file to CoinLedger. You can download your Transaction History CSV directly from Bitstamp and import it into CoinLedger
Both methods will enable you to import your transaction history and generate your necessary crypto tax forms in minutes. File these forms yourself, send them to your tax professional, or import them into your preferred tax filing software like TurboTax or TaxAct.
Bitstamp Tax Reporting
You can generate your gains, losses, and income tax reports from your Bitstamp investing activity by connecting your account with CoinLedger. There are a couple different ways to connect your account and import your data:
Automatically sync your Bitstamp account with CoinLedger by entering your public wallet address. This allows your transactions to be read in directly from the blockchain.
Upload a Bitstamp Transaction History CSV file to CoinLedger
Both methods will enable you to import your transaction history and generate your necessary crypto tax forms in minutes. File these forms yourself, send them to your tax professional, or import them into your preferred tax filing software like TurboTax or TaxAct.
Bitstamp Tax Reporting
You can generate your gains, losses, and income tax reports from your Bitstamp investing activity by connecting your account with CoinLedger. Connect your account by importing your data through the method discussed below:
Navigate to your Bitstamp account and find the option for downloading your complete transaction history.
Import your transaction history directly into CoinLedger by mapping the data into the preferred CSV file format.
CoinLedger automatically generates your gains, losses, and income tax reports based on this data.
File these crypto tax forms yourself, send them to your tax professional, or import them into your preferred tax filing software like TurboTax or TaxAct.
How Cryptocurrency Taxes Work
Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are treated as property by many governments around the world—including the U.S. Other forms of property that you may be familiar with include stocks, bonds, and real-estate.
Just like these other forms of property, cryptocurrencies are subject to capital gains and losses rules, and you need to report your gains, losses, and income generated from your crypto investments on your taxes.
To do your cryptocurrency taxes, you need to calculate your gains, losses, and income from your cryptocurrency investments in your home fiat currency (e.g. US Dollar, Australian Dollar, etc.).
Once you have your calculations, you can fill out the necessary tax forms required by your country. If you are in the United States, you can learn which forms you need to fill out with our blog post: How to Report Cryptocurrency On Your Taxes.
Why Can't Bitstamp Generate My Tax Forms?
Many cryptocurrency investors use additional exchanges, wallets, and platforms outside of Bitstamp. Perhaps you also trade on Coinbase or earn interest from BlockFi. The trouble with Bitstamp's reporting is that it only extends as far as the Bitstamp platform. If you use additional cryptocurrency wallets, exchanges, DeFi protocols, or other platforms outside of Bitstamp, Bitstamp can't provide complete gains, losses, and income tax information.
How Does Cryptocurrency Tax Software Help?
By integrating with all of your cryptocurrency platforms and consolidating your crypto data, CoinLedger’s cryptocurrency tax software and crypto portfolio tracker are able to track your profits, losses, income, and generate accurate tax reports in a matter of minutes.
You can test out the software and generate a preview of your gains and losses completely for free by creating an account.
Whether you file by hand or use crypto tax software, doing your Bitstamp taxes comes down to four steps:
Gather your full Bitstamp transaction history: every buy, sell, trade, deposit, and withdrawal.
Sort your transfers. Moving crypto between your own wallets is not taxable, but crypto that comes in as income (like referral or staking rewards) is.
Calculate your capital gain or loss on each disposal, plus the value of any crypto income at the time you received it.
Report it on the right forms. In the US, capital gains go on Form 8949 and Schedule D, and crypto income goes on Schedule 1. These forms get included with your full tax return. Other countries have their own equivalents.
For most people the hard part of doing your Bitstamp taxes is steps 1 and 2. If you have ever moved crypto between Bitstamp and another wallet or exchange, Bitstamp can only see part of your history, so the totals it shows you can be incomplete.
That is where crypto tax software comes in. CoinLedger connects Bitstamp to every other wallet and exchange you have used, reconstructs your full history, and generates your tax forms automatically. More than 700,000 investors use it to file in minutes. Get started with a free account today, or keep reading to do it yourself.
Do you have to pay taxes on Bitstamp?
Yes. In the US and most other countries, your Bitstamp activity is subject to two kinds of tax:
Capital gains tax. When you dispose of cryptocurrency (selling it, trading one coin for another, or spending it), you recognize a capital gain or loss based on how the price changed since you received it.
Income tax. When you earn cryptocurrency (through referral or staking rewards), you recognize ordinary income equal to its fair market value at the time you received it.
Bitstamp USA is a US-regulated custodial exchange, so it is required to report to the IRS. For the 2025 tax year, US customers can expect:
Form 1099-DA for your crypto sales and disposals. 2025 is the first year exchanges issue this form, and it reports your gross proceeds (the total you sold for), not your gain or loss, with no minimum threshold. Cost basis reporting begins for assets acquired on or after January 1, 2026.
Form 1099-MISC if you earned $600 or more in rewards during the year.
In earlier years, Bitstamp issued Form 1099-K to some high-volume US customers instead. Whatever form you receive, remember that it only reflects your Bitstamp activity, so it is a starting point, not a complete tax report (see below). Note that Bitstamp was acquired by Robinhood in 2025 but still operates under the Bitstamp brand, and your Bitstamp tax reporting is unchanged.
Does Bitstamp report to the IRS?
Yes. As a US custodial exchange, Bitstamp reports to the IRS through the 1099 forms above, filing an identical copy of each with the IRS.
Remember, you owe tax on your Bitstamp gains and income whether or not you receive a form. A missing 1099 does not remove the obligation to report.
Why isn't my Bitstamp tax report accurate?
Bitstamp can only see the activity that happens on Bitstamp. Because investors regularly transfer crypto between wallets and exchanges, Bitstamp cannot see the original cost basis of coins you moved in from somewhere else, so it cannot calculate your gain or loss correctly, and your 1099-DA can be overstated.
Example: why transfers break your cost basis
Liam buys $3,000 of ETH on another exchange. He transfers it to Bitstamp, then later sells it for $3,600 on Bitstamp.
Bitstamp only sees the $3,600 sale, not the $3,000 Liam originally paid. Without his cost basis, Bitstamp cannot tell whether he had a gain or a loss.
The fix is to bring every wallet and exchange into one place so your cost basis follows your crypto across platforms. That is exactly what crypto tax software like CoinLedger does.
How to file your Bitstamp taxes in minutes
With CoinLedger, you can import your complete Bitstamp history and generate your crypto tax forms in a few minutes. There are two ways to connect: an automatic import, or a file upload.
Option 1: Automatic import (API)
In Bitstamp, open your API access settings (Profile, then Settings, then API access) and click New API Key.
Enable read-only permissions only: Account balance and User transactions. Copy your API Key and Secret, click Activate, and confirm through the email Bitstamp sends.
In CoinLedger, go to Add Account, choose the Bitstamp tab, click Auto-Import, paste both keys, and click Sync Transactions.
Option 2: File upload (CSV)
In Bitstamp, click your profile icon, go to History, then Transaction history, and click Open export options.
Choose a date range that covers all of your activity, set both Currencies and Transaction Types to All, keep the format as RFC 4180 (new), and click Export selection to download the CSV.
In CoinLedger, go to Add Account, choose the Bitstamp tab, and click Upload File. Do not open or edit the file first.
Once your transactions are in, CoinLedger matches your transfers, calculates your gains, losses, and income, and produces a complete tax report. You can file it yourself, hand it to your tax professional, or import it into TurboTax, TaxAct, or H&R Block.
Get started with CoinLedger today
Take the stress out of tax season. More than 700,000 investors around the world use CoinLedger to track their gains, losses, and income across all of their wallets and exchanges.
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